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Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
Tim's Young Man.

Borrowing money is very favorite practice with the Irish farmer, and until q recent period the banks made the qualification of tho taste extremely easy. A Cork car-driver lately said to his fare: "Why, sir, while ago farmer need only put on 'clane' shirt, and go to the bank, and he'd get what he wanted. l" The expectations, however, of some of the borrowers were too great, as the following incident, which really oc- cured, very amusingly shows.
 A certain small farmer, whom VIC shall call "Tim" for convenience, some years ago called upon the manager of the National Bank in town Tn the north east of the County Cork. The follow ing dialogue easued; Good morning, yer honor, called about little busi- ness, and though there are other banks in the town, thought I'd give yer hon. or the compliment. "Acl, Tim, and what is the business2" "Wcll, yer honor, the interest ia Kitty Kecffc's farm is selling off, and I want to raise g % to buy it." Nonsense, Tim! the interest Tn her farm mt worth any thing like that; but suppose l was fool enough to lend you this money, how would you ever pay it back2" ''ls 1t pay it again, yer honor? nothin' aisier in life. Shure the young fellow will get it in a fortune when he marrics" And may ask, Tim, what age is the young fellow2" "Hc's three year ould yer honor" It need hardly be said that the manager did not SC it, and that l i'm, in spite of his wish 10 give him t compliment" was refused the loan of the $500. London Spectator
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
Due to Rum and the Boycott:

A wealthy family of Washington, a local correspondent says, having taken up their resid ence in an elegant mansion, is,ued five or six hundred invitations for an. aftefhoon tea; as house; ;warms ing. The date of the entertainment having arrived, the hostess, with corps of assistants, assembled in the parsor and patiently awaited tho arrival of the guests. The early part of the afternoon passed without a single arrival; then, as twilight waned into night, few strayed in, their feeling of awkwardness rivaling that of the hostess when they perceived the state of affairs. It sub- sequently transpired that the sefvant to whom the invitations had been in trusted for deliverance, in an unwary moment, took too much to drink, and, after delivering few invitations, cast the remainder away.
 A similar incident, though two-fold more embarrassing to the hostess, oc- cured In family living in the fashion able northwest section of the city. On this occasion the invitations issued were for an evening reception, the time set being o'clock. Shortly after 10 lady prominent in social circles drove up tc the house and, though astonishcd at the absence of carriages about the entrance, supposed only that she had come in ad vance of the other guests, alighted and badc the coachman return at midnight. Upon entering the dressing room h T astonishmcnt increased to find that she was literally the on y person who had orriyaH flor fhvOxviu~ oesIo hoy wraps and dawdling through an i'm mensely long three quarters of an hour, she decided to descend to the brilliantly lighted drawing rooms, where the mor- tifed host and hostess welcomed hel with elfusion. For some inexplicable reason not another guest arrived throughout the evening, which she wa. compelled to sit through, having or dercd her carriage not to return before l2 o'clock. The reason of this singular boycott on the part of society remains to this day involved in the deepest mys tery. ~@asn--
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
II HAVE TAKEN POISON"
Two Young Women Rashly Die to
 Straightcn Crooked Love.

BosToS, Dec. 30, 1ss6.-Miss Valentine John son, pretty maid of eighteen came to the doc: of the house where she was lodging, No. sso Fremont street, Sunday morning, and told her lover, Mir. George Sands, of Cambridge Mass, that shc could not see him as she had just taker, r.ison. And Fora has taken it, too" said she, 'and she is upstairs dead in her led" saying which slie fell down in the doorway and died. MT. Sands went up and brokc opca the door of the room and found Mrs. Fora Samis-the Fora referred to-dead in her he'd.
 Mrs. Samis who wns nineteen years of age and the wife of wealthy venegsr merchant of tnis city, was living with her friend, Miss Johnson, at No. 5S6 Fremont street. She had Q quarrel with her husband about two months aSo and left him. Christmas evening Harry B,Dart and George Sands called to see the two women. In the course of walk which they took together Hobart and Mrs. Samis ha a quarrel and she went up by the side of Mir. Sands, while Miss Johnson kept company with Hobart. Mrs. Sanlis felt so badly about it tkat she took poison that night, and in the morning Miss Johnson followed her example, The matter has been kept quiet until Medical Examiner Harris made autopsies, His report generates both men from blame.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
THE MISER OF THE MOUND.
A Story of Slave Who Had the Squirrels
 Vico of OycrhOnrdins.
From the Atlanta Constitution

From the Atlanta Constitution.1
 Brown's Mound, in Twiggs county; was part of the princely domain of a middle Georgia planter. This planter owned slave who was miser. Such instances are not uncommon among the Southern negroes. This negro was rather privileged above the ordinary slaves, d his master allowed him to cultivate little patch ,bn the mound and keep the proceeds for, himself. Mahy a Handful of cotton and many a peck Of peanuts did it take to accumu- late hoard of gold amounting to about $500. But 1t was done. No one knew the hiding place of this fund. The other negroes had natural dislike for the miser who ''wus Sd mighty curious in e ways. At dead of night he would uhearth his treasures and seek safer Spot for deposit. He gloated over it. and listened with delighted ears to the jingle of the precious coin. Then came Wilson's cavalry, leaving death and desolation in their train.
 They learned uf the poor negro s hoarded treasure, ahd some of tho troopers caught him and tried to force him to reveal his secret In some way he escaped and fled in the night. After searching for sclne time after the whirl- wind of War had passed they found him wandering aimlessly about the little patch on the mound. He was rendered insane by the fright. When asked where was his money, the reply would come short and sharp: "Hid on the moun'." He had forgotten his hiding place, and others tried in vain to assist him in finding the spot where it was buried. It is now neglected place, where quail shooting would be fine were it not for the rattle shakes that infest the hooks aiid ctahhies of the mound.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
Rheumatism and Catarrh Can be Cured.
CANANDAIGUA, N. Y, May 2S, 18S

CANANDAIGUA, N. Y, May 2s, 1886. Purdee Medicine Co.,:
 GENTLEMEN:-Nearly all winter I was con- fined to my room with inilammatory rheu- matsm. l commenced using Dr. Pardee s Rheumatic Remedy. but after taking it for a time the pain became more intense, and l was alarmed and feared the remedy was making me worse, but continued it's use and soon the pain left me, and l gradually i'm proved, the soreness leaving my arms and shoulders and seeming to pass out at my tees. It has completely cured me. At the time I commenced using the remedy, l had a threat difficulty and the catarrh, which found to be better after taking it, and it oc- cured to me to us, it as a gargle, which I did, aud to my great satisfaction improved rapidly, and to-day am free from both rhsu- matism and catarrh. I consider it indispens- able as family medicine. I take on, tea spoonful after breakfast, and find it splen. did tonic. would advise you to recommend it as gargle for throat troubles and catarrh, for know it will cure. I have seen some remarkable cures from the use of this rem edy, aud it is ons I can recommend to all.
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 E. R. MCCALL
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
THE LAST HONORS.
The Funeral of the LatesGenAea2s
 John \. Logan. E - V


 The body of General Logan was take,lby the Committee of Arrangements of the United States Senate and pf tho House of Representa- Sivrs, escorted by the posts of the Grand Army of the Republic of the Distfct of Columbia, at twelve o'clock Thrfsday, from his residence to the rotsHnda of the Capitol, where it lay in state until noon of Friday, under q guard of honor detailed by the Grand Army of the Re- public and the Military Order of the LoyaI Legion of the United States,
 From two o'clock E. iii. of Thursday until eleven ceioIk a. m. of Friday the public were admitted to the rotunda, and tho crowd was very large.
 General Sheridan had charge of the funeral procession of the deceased, and invitations were sent to the Grand Army of tho Republic, Loyal Legion, Masonic Organizations, District militia and others to take part in it.
 The remains of General Logan were clad for burial in the Generals ordinary citizens dress of black. Upon the left breast were the badges of the Fifteenth Afmy Corps, with the legend 40 rounds;' the Grand Army and the Loyal Legion, and upon tho lapel were the buttons of the Grand Army and the Loyal Legion The remains were accompanied to the Capitol by Major Tucker, General Logan's soh-in-l law; MT. George Logan, his nephew, and Mir. w. B. Taylor, his secretary, who remained there with them until the funeral. This was done In deference to 0 sentiment of Mrs. Logan s that some members of the family should re- main near the dead until the burial.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
GENERAL LOGAN'S DEATH.
How it was Caused by a Usually
 Harmless Disease.

WASHINGTON, Dec, 31.-The Medical Record says of the death of the late General Logan
 The case of the late General Logan appears to be ohe of those rare ones in which acute rheumatism caused rapid and fatal issue On Dec 12 Dr. J. H. Baxter, of Washington, D. C., was called to see him, and found him suffering fruni acute rheumatism, involving the right wrist He improved until tl 0 17th when he had 8 relapse, the hips, ankles, feet and both wrists being involved. Brain symp- toms also appeared at this time. Though there was some temporary improvement on the 2lst and 2ad, the symptoms on tue whole be came gradually more severe, the intervals of full consciousness shorter, until early on the morning of Dec. 28, when he became comatose He diel twelve hours later.
 The cerebral symptoms were those of con-
 gcstion of the brain.
 Acute rheumatism is so rarely cause of
 death that some complication is expected, and
 almost always found, in fatal cases. When
 death does occur, it is, as rule, with cerebral symptoms, as was the case with Senator Logan. Such symptoms are most liable to develop in persons whose nervous system has been sub jected to tremendous strains or to the toxic effects of narcotics and stimulants. | No d. ubt the exhausting political and liter ! ary labors oi the deceased had made 1t possible | for the rheumatic poison to attack and para | lyze his nervous centres, thus bringing to a | fa.sl issue disease that ill ninety-seven per | cent of cases is perfectly free from danger to | life,
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
How California Was Named

At meeting of the California Histori- cal Society Tuesday evening paper was read by Professor Davidson on the early discoveries in California. He said tho word :'California" first occurred in |; novel entitled 'Las Sergas de Es- plandian," published in 15l0, and that the name was first given to this country by Bernal Diaz Costello, who served under Cortez, who writes in his memoirs of the voyage from "Santa Cruz to California. " The bay of San Francisco was dis overed in 1769 by several French savants who cane here to sec the transit of Venus. This party perished of malarial fever near Point St. Lucas The Columbia river was discovered in 1775 by Heceta, a Sponiard. -,San Francisco Examiner.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
Gen. Fairchild's Proclamation,

MADISON, Wis.,, bccember ss.-Gen. fair child, Commander-in-Chie Of the G. A. R., has issued the following:
 To ThE GRAND ARMY Posrs OF THE COUNTRY:
 Special Order No. B. The Commander-in. Chief with great sorrow announces the death of Comrade John A. Logan, Who dep rted this ilre on Sunday, December 26, at Washington, D. ., One of tho very first to become an ac- two worker in tho ranks of the C.. A. R., he continued to the end of his cycntful and most good of the order. Always brave, patriotic, honest his life closes amidst tho tears and lamentations of the people of the great repub- lie which he did so much 10 preserve. His memory will continue to be one of tn, richest inheritanccs of his old comrades of the Union Army. At the funeral ceremonies, wherever they may bo held, will be found thousands of his old comrades gathered to pay the last sad tribute of respect for the gallant soldier whom they 50 dearly love.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
THE OLD BAY STATE,
Value of Her Property-Savinss of
 Her People,

The annual returns to tho Secretary of State of Massachusetts of aggregates of polls, prop erty, &c., show that the total valuation of the State of Massachusetts is Sl ,S47 531, 42s, gain over last year of S65, 1S2, ,279 and gain of s1. 2S, I2l over the greatest aggregate, which was In 1875. The total is made up of S5u7, ,O37,- f49 personal and S1 $40 49, ,673 real pro perty. 335.
 Tho number of male polls in the State is SSS,59o; female polls, afI, number of taxpayers 6SS.s.S, Total tax, S20, ,70I, ,437.
 The annnal statement of tEe aggregate re- turns of the savings banks of the State for the year ending October 31 shows them to be in a fourisaing condition. The number of open accounts is 9O6 0S9, an increase of 51, 252 The amount of deposits is S39l ,197 ,9JO, an iacrcaaa of S16, l99, 4SS. The number of accounts opened during the year was 142, 4f6, an increase of 2l,
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
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Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
For Weak Women.

Mrs. Lydia E. Tinkham, Lynn, Mats.: About the first of September, 1881, my wife was taken with uterine hemorrhage. The t est stypt:cs the physician could prescribe did n check it and she got more and moro enfeohlcd. She was troubled with ProlapsGs Uteri, Leu corrhoa, numbness of the limbs, sickness of the stomach aud loss of appetite. purchased trial bottle. of your Vegetable Compound. She said she could dtscousr e salutary effect from the first dose. Now she is comparative. ly free from Prolapsus, stomach's sickness, .,&c.. The hemorrhage is very much better Snd is less at the regular periods. Her appetite is restored, Nnd her general health and strength are much inaproycd-->W We feel that we have been ,oonderfully benefted and our hearts are drawn out in gratitude for the same and in sympathy for other sufferers, for whose sakes we allow our nacles to be used.
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Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
To Create Four States.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-Nr. Springer say. he intends to secure, if possible, the passage by the present Congress of his bill to provide an enabling act for the admission into the Union of Dakota, Montana, New Mexico and Washing ton Territory. He says it will probably not be possible to get the Committee on Territories to report upon the bill, but that hs will try to have it substituted by the House for some other territorial admission bill when the latter comes up for consideration. Ho thiuks the flea of admitting ell at once will prevent op- position rn political grounds as they will be equally divided politically, and especially as the new States will have uo Soh:" ill tue Prcsi- dcntigl election of lSSS
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
More Money for Your Work.

Improve the good opportunities that arc offered you and you will receive more money for your labor. Hallett d Co, Portland, Maine, will mail yoI, frse, full informs ation showing how you can make from $5 to S225 and upwards a day and live at home, wherever you may be located. You had better write to them ut on ce; A nun Der have made over $50 in day: All is new. Cap tai not reQuired; Hallett & Co will start you. Both sexes; all ages. Grand srccesS attends cvery worker. Send your ad- dress at once and see for yourself.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
A FATAL SNOW STORM.
Nearly Two Hundred Lives Lost German Comments on English Negligence.

B RLIS. Dec. 30, 1sS6.-The removal of the snow winch fell in the late storm has revealed an appalling loss of life. Many travellers were overtaken by the storm. Fifty bodies have been found in Saxony, thirty in Thuringia and that the total loss of life will be nearly two hundred.
 The newspapers here complain of what they call England's culpable negligence in failing to adopt subterranean telegraph lines to con meet with the submarine cables, the result be- ing tho total teiegraphic isolation of London in the recent storm. They express the hope that this experience will lead to the adoption of tho German system in England.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
The Immigrants

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The whole number of immigrants arrived in this country in eleven m tis, ending November 30, 1886, was 366, 577, an increase of more than O. 0OO over 1885. Or this number about 800, GOO were landed at Cas- t,c Garden. The monthly arrivals in this year were as follows: January, 1909; February. 7,776; March, 2O,023; April, 36,2So; May, % s1O; June, 35, 950 July, 24, ,4S4 August, 25, 2a6, September, 30, 1S7; October, 30, 9l9: November, 2.610, and December to date, 13.0l2.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
NO ASSESSMENTS,

Anyone insuring therefore for the current year will only be required to pay . cash pre-. mium, which will cover all liability !, In case of loss 1t is provided in the charter that lit cannot be amicably adjusted, it shall Dc referred to two disinterested persons, one to be chosen by each party, and if they cannot agree, they shall choose third, and the de. eision thus rendered shah be final.
 Information and circulars may bs obtained by addressing
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
Logan's Burial Place,

CHICAGO, H., Dec. 2S-Mayor Harrison sent communication to the city council last night requesting that body to pass resolutions asking the iemlly of General Logan to allow tho dead general to be inferred in Chicago. Resolutions to that effect were adopted by rising vote. The West park board yesterday took action looking to the erection of e n,olumcnt to Gen eral Logan at the entrance to one of the parks site overlooking the boulevard has been tcn- dercd by the South park commissioners for the generals grave.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
DISTRESS IN TEXAS.
Twenty-seven Thousand People Are in Actual Need of Food and Cloth ing.

ALEANf, Tex, Dee. 3o.-The county judges of the drought-stricken district are in session at the court house. Twenty counties are rep resented. They report in the aggregate 27, ,9J0 persons in actual need of food and clothing. They will make an official report tomorrow and publish an appeal to the legislature and ask the indorsement of the governor They will also make appeal 10 the charitable peo- ple for immediate relief.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
AAother I.ife Saved.

Alb ut two years ago a prominent citizen of Chicago was told by his physicians that he must die They said his system was so de bill itated that there was nothing left to build on. He made lip his mind to try yps ~nsw a!n,arn dspart Medical Discovery" and tcok it according to directions, He began to improve at once. He kept up the treatment for some montes, ana IS to-day a we'll man. He says the "DlscoVefS' saved his life.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
Great Fore sts of Great Firs.

Among the myriads of natural curiosi- ties and wonders that confront the visit or to the coast of the North Pacific Ocean, said gentleman recently re- tu ned from trip to that region, moth ing impressed me so deeply as the gi- gantic forests of Puget Sound That arm of the Paci is goo miles in length, with shore so irregular, and 1ndented so plentifuly with bays and deep har- bors that its measurement is over 1, 500 miles in extent. Along this whole shore line, and extending thence on both sides, miles and miles farther than the eye can see, is one vast, almost unbroken area of forest trees, the like of which I never saw A few saw hills have been erected along the sound, and although for scv- eral years they have ripped 500, 1000, 900 feet of lumber from these forests annu- ally, the spaces made by what e,m like tremendous inroads on the timber ap- pear like little garden patches.
 The manufacturing and marketing of that amount of lumber every year is a business of immense proportions, but it's existence, find, is entirely unknown to the trade in thu Eas.. The ma,ket for this product of these mills in the depths of the Washington Territory wilderness is South America, Australia, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean islands. This great belt of virgin timber covers 80, 0Oo, 0)O acres, an area equal to that of the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire. The forests are of fir, cedar, maple, and other valuable woods. The frs comprise two thirds of the timber. An official esti- mate places the amount of timber on this belt at 300, OJ0, 900, 900 fcct-cnough to last the mills now there for more than 1 1000 years. The fir trees grow to the enormous height of 250 feet, and have seen piles of boards cut from them, not one board in which was less than 100 feet long and six wide, without knot from one end to the other. "-Ne,o Fork
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05

A NEW YORK clergyman says there will be degrees of punishment hereafter; that the man who sins the most will be punished the most, and vice versa. Ac, cording to this belief, the man who sends long communication, written on both sides, to newspaper for publica- ton, won't get much vice versa Tn his.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05

Dr. Gross, physician at St. Vincent's Hospi- tal, Baltimore. Md, considers Red Star Cougf Cure perfectly harm es', b,ing purely vegeta. ble and entirely free from opiateS, polsoas,ano other narcotics Other professionals also en- dorse it as prompt safe and sure Price, ,twen ty-hye cents a b title.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05

The tempered light of the woods is like a perpetual morning, and is stimulating and he roic. The ancient y reported spells of these places creep on l,s. The incommunicable trees begin to persuade us to live with them, and quit our life of solemn trites.
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05

The magical erecs of S.. Jacob5 Oil in re- moving soreness and stiffns ss makes it inval- uab 0 at all times. Rheumatism and Neural gia promptly yield to it.